"Yep. Right before the crash."

Mater winked. "Aw, shucks. When a file goes missin', it ain't usually gone. It's just hidin' from embarrassment. Now, who wants to watch me beat McQueen at the Tokyo drift level?"

Mater slammed his hood on the spacebar. The screen erupted—not with an error, but with the full, glorious, high-octane opening sequence of Cars 2: The Video Game . The garage lights flickered back on, the barn doors slid open, and Professor Z’s screen went dark.